There are few greater credits to the proud collegiate spirit of interscholastic antagonism and alcohol-fueled hijinks than the Stanford Band, a collection of overachieving mischief-makers that traditionally enjoys a pre-game meal of beer and doughnuts and over its 40-year history has mocked the kidnapping of Cal alum Patty Hearst; commemorated the anniversary of UCLA alum Jayne Mansfield's grisly decapitation in a car accident by playing "Another Saturday Night and I Ain't Got No Body" at the Rose Bowl; played at Notre Dame with a conductor in a nun's habit and a wooden crucifix as a baton during a show titled "These Irish, Why Must They Fight?"; had members skip rehearsal to play outside the O.J. Simpson trial; mocked polygamy at BYU; and endured countless sanctions, bans and one near-dissolution after wrecking its multimillion-dollar "Band Shak" in 2006.

It's been a relatively quiet few years for the LSJUMB since then. Thankfully, its members returned to the band's glory days as provocateurs during Saturday's blowout win at the L.A. Coliseum with a halftime show honoring USC alum and "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis for his distinguished career in (and I quote) "sexual harassment, drug trafficking, tax evasion, prostitution, child abuse and disruptive flatulence," with some brilliant accompaniment from the home crowd:

Now, truly, Stanford is officially "back."

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Hat tip: The Wiz.